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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The setting change from night in Act 1 to morning in Act II has an effect on what?
(a) Tone.
(b) Mood.
(c) Character.
(d) Exposition.

2. At the end of Act II, Christy is summoned by:
(a) Father Reilly.
(b) Pegeen.
(c) The peelers.
(d) The village girls.

3. Which of the following would not be offered in trade for a favor by the characters in the play?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Poteen.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Dung.

4. Why does Shawn say Christy and Pegeen don't suit each other?
(a) Pegeen is fickle.
(b) Christy is too short.
(c) They are too much alike.
(d) They will be strangling each other in a score of days.

5. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?
(a) A job at Pegeen's once they are wed.
(b) Chickens.
(c) A path on his property that leads to the river.
(d) Prayers that will get her to heaven at the time of her death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Christy worried about after Old Mahon leaves?

2. When Act II opens, what is the time of day?

3. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?

4. What is the most significant plot change in Act II?

5. When the village girls arrive, they interrupt Christy as he is:

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